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Behavioral Welfare Economics and Consumer Sovereignty

Behavioral Welfare Economics and Consumer Sovereignty

Behavioral Welfare Economics and Consumer Sovereignty

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Behavioral Welfare Economics and Consumer Sovereignty

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Behavioral Welfare Economics and Consumer Sovereignty

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St. Louis: Routledge

Journal title

IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc, 2022, p.56-66

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English

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St. Louis: Routledge

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The aim of this chapter is to critically assess the argument advanced in behavioral welfare economics (BWE) that preference inconsistency and violations of rational choice theory are the result of errors and to offer a direct justification for paternalistic regulations. I argue that (i) this position relies on a psychologically and philosophically...

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Behavioral Welfare Economics and Consumer Sovereignty

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2606951380

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2606951380

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ISBN

9781032131634,1138824208,1032131632,9781138824201

DOI

10.4324/9781315739793-5